Those of you who know me know that I am a complete book nerd. Hard to believe, but it took me almost a year to make it to the Library of Congress. The library is three buildings jammed with millions of books, but most of them are hidden from view. The main building, The Jefferson Building, goes back to 1897. It's enormous and decadent with marble galore. While you might not think the book heavy exhibits would be interesting, they were - early handwritten accounts of Spanish explorers, gorgeously illustrated maps from colonial times, and Thomas Jefferson's personal library.
We also peaked into one of the main reading rooms, which was like something out of a movie. Any adult can use the library. You just have to get a reading card. The place is a reading nerds dream.
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